Game



Mar. 20,` 1923., 1,448,819 G. R. STRONG GAME Filed Aug. 51, 1921 BUY A BUNQALCEW JNVENTOR. grace 6 J' Patented Mar. 2U, 1923,

GRACE R. STRONG, OF STAPLETON, `S' ['AT}2|1\1' ISLAND. NEW YORK.

GAME.

Application filed August 31, 1921. Serial No. 497,277.

To YZ fio/tom 'it 11mg/ concern:

13e it known that I, GRACE R. STRONG, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Stapleton, Staten Island, in the county ot Richmond and State ot New York, have invented a certain newand useful Game, of which the following is a specification.`

This invention is a game and the object oi the invention is toprovide a game which will serve to both amuse and instruct the players and hold their interest in an interesting and intelligent manner. A further object of the invention is to provide a game which will stimulate a desire on the part of the players to own their own home through an arousing of interest in saving to this end.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the game in its preferred form Figure 1 is a face view of the game board; and,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the disks employed in playing the game.

rThe game is played on a board 1 of any suitable and convenient size, which preterably bears the pictorial illustration of the article sought to be attained. For example, the board may have delineated thereon, the picture 2, of a bungalow, in which event, the players of the game vie with one another to build up a predetermined score, which, for example, may be the money valuation at which the bungalow is to be sold. The game board 1 is preferably made rectangular and around the four sides thereof are Jfour rows oi' circles, 3, 4i, 5, and 6. The row of circles 3 extends along the top margin of the board, the rows of circles 4 and 5 extend along the lateral sides oit the board and the row 6 eX- tends along the lower margin of the board. All four of theserows embody the same number of circles or spaces and adapt the game to be played by 1, 2, 3, or 4L persons. For convenience in playing, each row of circles may be of a different color from the other rows, such :tor example as red, yellow, blue, and black.

There are 40 spaces or stations shown on the board, and these stations are in 4 groups of 10 each. A corresponding number of disks 7 are provided, which disks may be made of cardboard, metal, wood or other material, preferably having one face plain while the other face carries a number. In practice, the numbers on the disks are preferably money valuations. For example, a certain number ot disks may be designated $1, others $2, others 355, say $100. In one of its practical forms, the game is played with 40 disks, 9 ot which are designated $1; 9, $2; 9, $5, 5, u$l0 7l57 $25, 27 55077; and l7 $100.77

In playing the game, all oit the disks are placed face downward on the centre of the 'board and are moved about or shutlied so that the players do not know the positions of the disks of diiierent values. Each player in the game rst draws 10 disks and after all are drawn each player turns over the disks which he has dra-wn and places the-m tace up, one at a time o-n the several stations which have been allotted to him. After all the persons have so positioned their disks, the aggregate money value of all of the disks ofeach player is obtained by adding the designations of the disks drawn and placed by him. The total amount drawn by each player is then noted down on a score card or any convenient slip of paper, oppo site the players7 names, whereupon all of the disks are turned over, shuiiied again and drawn as before. These operations are repeated until some particular player has attained the score equal to the predetermined figure given as the price of the bungalow, whereupon said player is presumed to have purchased the bungalow and won the game.

The drawing shows the game in its preferred form and the foregoing description etc., up to sets forth the preferred manner of playing the game. I am aware, however, thata diiferent placement of the picture on the board, as well as different placements of the several stations, may be carried out without departing :tromthe spirit or scope of this invention. Moreover, pictures other than that of a. bungalow may be designated on the board and the board may be made hexagonal, octagonal, round or other shape. By

'increasing the number of series of stations,

the number of players which may enter into the game at one time may be increased and in other details, the present invention may be slightly modified without departing from the spirit of the same which is to be understood as broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A game embodying a game board having delineated thereon a pictorial illustration of an article to be purchased, a plurality of sets or series of delineated spaces, each set of spaces comprising the same number of spaces as the other sets and each set being adapted to be played on by one player, in combination with' a` plurality of disks or checks at least equal in number to all of the spaces delineated on the game board, each check or disk having on one side thereof a designation showing` the money valuation of such check and the opposite sides of all of the checks being the same, whereby each player may draw as ymany checks as he has spaces, position the cheeks on the spaces to make sure that he` has drawn the right number and thereafter add up the valuation of the checks, to'ascertain the amount to be applied to a predetermined purchase price of the article to be purchased.

2. A game embodying a game board having delineated thereon a pictorial illustration of an article to be purchased, a plurality of sets or series of delineated spaces, each set of spaces comprising the same number of spaces as the other sets and each set being adapted to be played upon by one player, in combination with a plurality of checks at least equal in number to all of the delineated spaces on the board, and on each of which checks appears a predetermined money valuation, whereby each player may draw as many cheeks as he has spaces, position the checks onthe spaces to make sure that he has drawn the right number and thereafter add up the valuation of the checks to.

ascertain the amount to be applied to a predetermined purchase price of the article to be purchased. y

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specication.

GRACE R. STR-ONG. 

